A Documentary History Of Australia Volume 1: Colonial Australia 1788-1840
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the dawn of a new nation forged in chains and ambition, A Documentary History of Australia Volume 1: Colonial Australia 1788–1840 presents an authoritative and meticulously assembled chronicle of Australia's earliest years as a British colonial outpost. Frank Crowley, Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, draws together primary source documents — dispatches, diaries, letters, and official records — to construct a vivid and unflinching portrait of the convict settlements, free settlers, and colonial administrators who shaped the continent's foundational decades. The result is a sweeping documentary panorama that places the reader directly inside the turbulent, fascinating world of early colonial Australia, from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 through to 1840. Crowley's editorial intelligence is evident in his careful selection and arrangement of sources, which allow the voices of the era to speak with immediacy and authority, avoiding the distancing effect of secondary interpretation. The work stands as an indispensable resource for students, historians, and general readers alike, illustrating how law, labour, land, and identity were contested and constructed in a society built from the ground up on the fringes of empire. This first volume of what would become a landmark multi-volume series raises a compelling question that echoes across Australian history: what does it mean to build a civilisation, when the foundations are both extraordinary courage and profound injustice?
Author: Frank Crowley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the dawn of a new nation forged in chains and ambition, A Documentary History of Australia Volume 1: Colonial Australia 1788–1840 presents an authoritative and meticulously assembled chronicle of Australia's earliest years as a British colonial outpost. Frank Crowley, Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, draws together primary source documents — dispatches, diaries, letters, and official records — to construct a vivid and unflinching portrait of the convict settlements, free settlers, and colonial administrators who shaped the continent's foundational decades. The result is a sweeping documentary panorama that places the reader directly inside the turbulent, fascinating world of early colonial Australia, from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 through to 1840. Crowley's editorial intelligence is evident in his careful selection and arrangement of sources, which allow the voices of the era to speak with immediacy and authority, avoiding the distancing effect of secondary interpretation. The work stands as an indispensable resource for students, historians, and general readers alike, illustrating how law, labour, land, and identity were contested and constructed in a society built from the ground up on the fringes of empire. This first volume of what would become a landmark multi-volume series raises a compelling question that echoes across Australian history: what does it mean to build a civilisation, when the foundations are both extraordinary courage and profound injustice?